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Semierycina

Bivalvia - Venerida - Erycinidae

Taxonomy
Semierycina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Erycinidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Semierycina Cox et al. p. N522
2002Semierycina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyLeptonoidea(Gray 1847)
familyErycinidaeGray 1847
genusSemierycina

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-06 16:21:27
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:27:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.63000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) S. kautskyi (48092)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium S. kautskyi (86801) S. kautskyi, S. nitida (86802)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium S. kautskyi (86806) S. kautskyi, S. nitida (86803 86804 86805)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium S. kautskyi (86807)